National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (R) hosts President of the India-Vietnam Solidarity Committee Greetesh Sharma (Photo: VNA)He made the proposal at a meeting with National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan in New Delhi on December 10.
The President highlighted the faithful relations between Vietnam and India, which were founded by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and President Ho Chi Minh in the 1950s.
He recommended both nations enhance people-to-people exchanges and cooperation in tourism and heritage preservation.
In turn, NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan highly valued the role and efforts of Greetesh Sharma in supporting Vietnamese people in the cause of national independence and reunification.
Over the past 40 years, he has written and translated a lot of books and newspapers to help India’s public understand better about Vietnam, President Ho Chi Minh, and the two countries’ friendship and cooperation.
With his significant contributions, the President was honoured with the Friendship Order of the Vietnamese State and the insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations in 2004./.
